Empressa Hondurena De Vapores v. BANK LINE LTD., ETC.

IRVING BEN COOPER, District Judge.

This litigation arises from the collision of two vessels, the S/S Tenadores and the M/V Clydebank, on December 8,1974 in the Balboa anchorage off the Panama Canal. The matter was tried to the Court over a period of two days. The following narrative constitutes our findings of fact.

During the early evening of December 8, 1974, plaintiff’s vessel, the Tenadores, a cargo vessel 451 feet long and driven by steam (Tr. 5) 1 , entered the Balboa anchorage on the southern side of the Panama Canal. At the time, and for all relevant times hereafter up to the collision,…